Sanitary drinking-faucet



UNITED STATES ALPHEUS G. HAWS OF BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

SANITARY DRINKING-FAUCET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1920.

Application filed September 12, 1919. Serial No. 323,292.

To all whom it may concern. 7

Be it known that I, ALPHEUS G. HAWS,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Berkeley, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certaln new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Drinking-Faucets, of which the followmg is a specification. V

My invention relates to sanitary drinking-faucets, and more particularly to a stream-head and guard therefor.

The object of my invention is to provide a stream-head or delivery nozzle from which will issue a smooth regular stream of water in such a path that no part of said stream can fall back upon the stream-head, and further to provide a simple, inexpensive, and immovable guard, of neat appearance, which will effectually prevent any portion of the face of the user fromcomlng in contact with the stream'h'ead or the stream in the immediate vicinity of said stream-head, and which is so formed and disposed relatively to the stream that no natural movement of the user will cause his mouth or nose, or that portion of his fare immediately adjacent thereto, to touch said guard, so that there is no possibility of con-- tamination of the stream-head or any portion of the water delivery'outlet.

My invention will be more fully described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my complete sanitary drinking-faucet.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the streamhead and guard.

In the drawings, the reference numeral 1 designates a faucet, which may be of any well-known type and construction, and is here illustrated as having a suitable handle 2, a water inlet end 3, and a vertically disposed water outlet end 4L. Securedto the outlet end 4 of said faucet, preferably by a threaded connection, not shown in the drawings, is a stream-head having an elbow portion 5 in which is formed a delivery nozzle 6 adapted to discharge a smooth stream 7 in a substantially horizontal path.

Projecting forwardly from said elbow portion 5, and positioned above and spaced from the delivery nozzle 6, is an arched shield or cowl 8 adapted to protect said dehvery nozzle from possible contamination. The sides of said cowl are extended to form a guard, the members thereof diverg- 1ng laterally, and being initially depressed, as at 9, below the level of the stream, thence inclining upwardly as at 10, and finally curving sharply, as at 11, upwardly and backwardly, and forming a backwardly indented transverse portion 12 lying above the stream 7 and forward of the edge of the cowl 8.

The function of the cowl 8, as before stated, is to protect the delivery nozzle 6 and the stream 7 at its point of issuance therefrom. The guard formed by the portions 9, 10, 11 and 12 prevents the user from approaching the cowl 8 or the delivery nozzle 6 with any portion of his face, and the curved horns 11 of said guard, by striking against his cheeks, prevent his mouth or nose from coming in contact with the backwardly indented center portion 12. The horns 11, being positioned well above and to the sides of the stream 7, would not be touched normally by the mouth or nose, or by any other portion of the face except possibly the cheeks, and finally, the horizontal direction of the stream 7 and the general positions of the cowl 8 and the guard, ef-

fectively prevent any unused water from falling back upon the delivery nozzle to contaminate theissuing stream.

I claim 1. A stream-head and guard for a sanitary drinking-faucet, comprising an elbow head-member to be fitted to a supply pipe, the free end of said head member having a cowl overlying and projecting beyond'tho stream aperture of said member; and a guard-member carried by said cowl, said guard-member extending from each side of the cowl, laterally divergent and initially depressed, and thence inclining upwardly and curving backwardly in a transverse portion lying above and forward of the cowl.

2. A stream-head and guard for a sanitary drinking-faucet, comprising an elbow-member, fitted at one end for connection with a supply pipe, and at its other end having its lower wall omitted to form a cowl overlying and projecting beyond its stream-aperture, said cowl having springing forwardly from its side edges laterally divergent members, depressed initially below the level of the stream aperture, and thence inclining upwardly and curving backwardly to their union in a transverse portion lying forwardly of and above the level of said. cowl.

In testimony whereof I have signed name to this specification in the presence of' WM. F. BooTH, D; B. RICHARDS. 

